hatch advice

Hi there! I have 2 year old Black Australorp who loves to sit on the eggs she and her coop mate lay. She’s on them most of the time until I open the gate between their run and our yard to let them free range. As long as that gate is open, she’s free ranging. Otherwise, you can usually find her...

We are looking to incubate eggs in January but I really want to learn everything that I can before we jump into it. When you collect the fertile eggs do you just leave them out until it's time to incubate them? Is there a period of time that the eggs should sit out before you put them in the...

I had a chick pipped at wrong end, early and shrink wrapped. I looked at all threads to get advice. This is my 3rd hatch. After 18 hours chick was getting weaker. I decided to help. Membrane very dry and tough. She’ll stuck on. She had made a large hole to breathe on her own. I started soaking...

Ok so I've gotta lotta different chicken breeds and sizes. I've typically placed the same size & breed eggs together for incubation and have started their lock-down at day 18. However I have a few bantams that have recently started laying eggs & sharing the same nesting spot with the larger...

We’ve had 4 hens for about a year now. A couple of them had been broody before but none since we got them until a couple weeks ago. Our BCM “Scramble” went broody and I couldn’t break her. It was pretty clear she was committed. SO, I got 8 fertile eggs from a local breeder. 6 of the eggs are on...

Hi, I got 2 fertile eggs from a friend when my hen went broody. The first one hatched early (day 20). I think she was smooshed accidentally by mom once she pipped, but I’m not sure. She did not survive. The second egg is still in tact (day 21) with no pipping. Will it not hatch because it’s the...

Has anybody used any other automatic egg turner in their little giant incubator? It measures 15”x15”. I bought one for one of my incubators that was $47 off eBay and it works great but I’m looking for a cheaper one to go in my other one.

Hello all, I have an egg that is having trouble hatching. The chick opens and closes their mouth which I heard means they a still absorbing their yolk. I have the egg in a box with a heat lamp and jar of warm water and its about 95f. I know its supposed to be 99-100f, but does it matter with it...

Asking this for a friend: Can I get some insight on a chick? This little one just hatched and it's stomach is big and black. It also has a red lumpy piece of flesh connected to the umbilical cord. I don't remember seeing it on the other chicks. Is it any cause for alarm?

This is my first hatch experience, it is also the hens first hatch. I have studied and studied, watched and read dozens of threads and posts about not intervening. With that said we are on day 25. No internal pips that I can see. I did a float test today. I have three low floaters with...

I got all my FRESH eggs in a basket. And now one is about to hatch. Holy hen. Was not prepared for this. I bought a whole set of 14 fresh & fertile eggs off of a “neighbor” and never thought to candle them. I just stuck them all pretty-like in my Brinsea maxi ii advance and all of a sudden I...

I had to put these two eggs into incubation after one got crack at the tip, when two hens tried to brood them and got into a fight. I sealed over the crack and they've developed normally, but starting last night the cracked egg began to split length wise. This is right at the time they should be...

I have 3 gold laced wyandotte bantam eggs in my incubator and this evening in theory they should go into lockdown day 18 but I'm worried the air sacs aren't very big and haven't been increasing in size. My humidity was around 40% until day 10 when I was worried they weren't growing and so...

Hi Everyone, I am hatching from an incubator for a the first time, a little giant, and I am now at day 21. Currently the eggs are still and no pips, so I decided to water candle(early, I know, my nerves just couldn’t handle it). Of the 40 eggs everyone seems very alive except 4 still eggs and 1...

I'm attaching pictures that may be graphic to some, a heads up.... This chick pipped on day 19, started zipping 23hours later, and finally hatched out of the shell four hours after that. I noticed a lump on her butt, looks like she didnt finish absorbing, theres no plug. I took her into a...

so idecided to put some eggs under my broody hen and this is my second time hatching eggs and my first time not using an incubator. on day 16 i candled them and the eggs were about full and looking promising. i had one hatch on day 21 in 35c(95f) weather. on day 23 I candled the other egg and...

Hello! I have a pair of 10 month old mallards. My female has been laying on a clutch of eggs for a few weeks now (not sure exactly how long but thinking about 3 weeks) and I am unsure if they are still alive. She had been doing a great job staying on them and keeping them warm, but we have had...

This is the first time at trying to hatch quail eggs and I have only 6 that are in a homemade incubator that I made out of a styrofoam cooler but have done a lot of research and have done everything possible for the environment to be right! Today is day 15 so I’m going into lockdown. I have...

I've got ten eggs in an incubator, and I was realllllly hoping that one of my buff orpington hens would decide to go broody for me... I didn't pick up eggs for about a week, and my sweetest hen Goldie has now been sitting on them for the past three days. The incubator eggs are due to hatch in...